Results
| Date | R | Domáci vs Hostia | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/04 04:00 | 1 |
Austrália vs Nový Zéland
|
0-30 |
| 10/28 09:10 | 1 |
Austrália vs Nový Zéland
|
36-18 |
| 10/21 05:00 | 1 |
Nový Zéland vs Samoa
|
50-0 |
| 10/14 09:10 | 1 |
Austrália vs Samoa
|
38-12 |
Teams
Wikipedia - Rugby League Pacific Championship
The Rugby League Pacific Championship is a rugby league tournament for national teams in Oceania. Its inaugural tournament was in 2019. Of the seven Oceanian teams, six compete across two divisions of three teams, while a rotating seventh goes on tour.
History
The tournament was created in 2019 with a two tiered format. The top tier (cup) consisted of Australia, New Zealand and Tonga and the second tier (shield) consisted of Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea.
Australia won the Cup in the inaugural season while Fiji won the shield and got promoted for the 2020 competition.
For the 2020 edition, Cook Islands were scheduled to take Fiji's place in the shield. No team was relegated from the cup as Australia were going to go on a tour of England that year. The competition was scheduled to begin in June and conclude in November, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2023, International Rugby League announced the return of the tournament under the name Pacific Championships as part of a new seven years international calendar.
Druhý ročník turnaja sa mal konať v roku 2020, ale bol zrušený pre pandémiu COVID-19. Turnaj sa obnovil v roku 2021 a konal sa na Fidži. Zúčastnili sa ho tímy z Fidži, Papuy-Novej Guiney a Tongy, pričom Samoa sa turnaja kvôli cestovným obmedzeniam nezúčastnila. Víťazom turnaja sa opäť stala Tonga.
Pohár Pacifických majstrovstiev je dôležitým turnajom pre tímy z tichomorského regiónu, pretože im poskytuje príležitosť súťažiť s inými najlepšími tímami v tomto regióne. Turnaj tiež pomáha rozvíjať ragbyovú ligu v tichomorskom regióne a inšpiruje mladých hráčov, aby sa zapojili do tohto športu.